Describing character
The words you reach for when you say what someone is like as a person — oğurlu kind, çomart generous, erinçek lazy.
Good to have
- oğurlu kind-hearted
- çomart generous
- jarıq hospitable
- tüz honest
- kerti loyal, true to someone
- jigit brave
- tözümlü patient
- jiger industrious
- aqılman wise
- adetli well-mannered
- haterli obliging
- namıslı modest
Faults
- erinçek lazy
- qızğanç miserly
- teli foolish
- qorqaq cowardly
- aldawuq deceitful
- qatı cruel
- jut greedy
- ospar rude
- esirik arrogant
- buruş obstinate
- hıylaçı cunning
- zar envious
- qılıqsız ill-mannered
- satlıq traitor
Temperament
- jumuşaq mild, gentle-natured
- tınç calm
- şoş quiet
- açıq cheerful
- sözlü talkative
- qurğaq reserved
- uyalçaq shy
- jengil quick-tempered
- çıdamsız impatient
- suwuq unfriendly
- öhtem proud
Most of these are ordinary adjectives: put them straight in front of the noun (oğurlu adam a kind person) or use them as the predicate with no verb (ol bek çomartdı he is very generous). Several also stand alone as nouns for the person — qorqaq is both cowardly and a coward.